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ABRAHAM QUICK, WILLIAM S.v OPIE, AND A. J. FARRAND, OF RARITAN, NEW JERSEY.

Letters .Patent No. 72,67 8, lated .December 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known'that tva-ABRAHAM QUICK, WILLIAM S. Oria, and A. J. FARRAND, all of Raritan, in the county of Somerset, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this-specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a planor top view of a hinge-joint harvester, embracing our improvements.

Figure 2 is a view, in elevation, of the same,vas seen from the rear.

Figure 8 is a similar view of the same, as seen from the divider side of the machine.

Figure 4 is a view of the front lifting-lever and inner frontncorner of the frame.

Figure 5 is a side view of the odometer-attachment Figure 6 is a view of. the under side of the same. y l

Figure 7 shows the details of the solid box of Athe crank-shaft.

Figure 8 is a vertical transverse'seetion through the 'cuttingapparatusg Figure 9, a plan view of the covering-board of the main `frame; and

Figure 10 is a view of the rake-attachment', as seen from the rear.

In the accompanyingdrawiugs, a rectangular main frame, A, is shown, as arranged between the two main supporting and driving-wheels B, turning'looselyon an axle, C, with which they are locked, by suitable backingratchets, inside the hubs of the wheels. A tongue, D, is hinged to the front of the frame, the rear end of which frame is supported by a caster-wheel, E. The finger-beam F and platform are bolted securely to a shoe, G', having a horizontal eye or socket, g, in which a pin, L, swivels, thus permitting the finger-beam to rock axially to raise or lower the points of the guards. L, inan intermediately-hinged coupling-arm H, which is in turn pivoted'to play vertically on apivot, Z", in a bracket, I, which is adjustable vertically in a guide-piece, J, by means of a slot, j, and set-screwj'. This guide 'piece or standardJ is bolted securely to the side of th-e frame, and projects both above and below it. The upper part of this standard sustains the bearing of a lifting-lever, K, connected, by a` chain, k, to a transverse lever, L, which is pivoted at one'end to the stubble-side of the'frame, and projects inwardlypver the heel of the iingerbeam, to which itfis connected by a chain, l. A weighted latch or dog, M, is pivoted to play vertically on the inner side of the frame, und rests against the guide J. This dog is in the form of a bell-crank lever. Its rear end has notches or steps m cut on it, -to hold up lever L. The dog is released, to lower the nger-beam, by the attendant bearing his weight on the front arm m', and, when released, the preponderance ofthe rear end causes it to fall back against the'guide-piece J again. A drag-bar, N, extends from the heel of the linger-beam to a slottedstrap, O, secured to a projecting beam of the frame, in front of the driving-wheel. A pin, o, on the front end of the drag-bar, enters eyeso', on a loop, p, embracing the strap.y The drag-bar is thus free to play veri tically in the slot of the strap, and to turn axially. The loop pis attached to a bent lever, P, pivoted to play vertically in a bracket, P', projecting fromvthe frame, and operated by the foot of the driver, who occupies ya seat, R, on the frame. This lever is held at any desired elevation by a' detent on the bracket. This arrangement enables the driver to raise and lower the front end of the dragfbar at pleasure.- A spur-wheel, S, on the main axle, drives a corresponding pinion, S', on the counter-shaft T.. A bevel-wheel, T', on this shaft, drives a corresponding pinion, u, on a crank-shaft, U, arranged 'parallel to the drivingmheel, and underneath the frame, its roar end being sustained lin a solid box, u1, resting in a stirrup, u2. The bearing of this box is of the full s'ize oi' the crank-shaft, which passes through it the advantage of having it solid being, that it gives a firm bearing, is cheap to make, and can easily be removed and replaced when worn. Two Aeccentrica, V, on the crank-shaft, drive two sets of cutters, el v2, by connecting-rods e.

By reference to g. 8, it will be seen that theseA cutters areso constructed that both have their bars under-' neath; that the upper and rear set c1 are larger than the others, and are ilush on the under side, while the lower cutters are ush on the upper side, thus bringingthe two iiusli edges together; and their bars are arranged one behind the other:

The socket-pin 7i is pivoted to play vertically in bearings or pivots In order to measure the work done by the machine, we mount a worm, c, on the main axle, to drive apinion, W, on a shaft, w, carrying another worm, w1, driving a pinion, 102, the spindle, w3, of which has an index,'w, to indicate the number of turns of the main axle, and, consequently, the ground cut over. The frame x, in which the odometer is mounted, is hinged at m, so that Vthe mechanism can be thrown into or out of gear, by a camlever, x1. v v

The gearing is all protected by a peculiarly-shaped board, y, fig. 9, which fits over the main frame, so as easily to be removed or replaced.

A reel may be mounted upon the machine, when desired, and driven in any well-known way. For selfraking, a combined reel and rake, Z, may be mounted in a standard or frame z, and driven by a band or chain from a pulley on the main axle. A 'chain-carrier, N2, mounted on the drag-bar N, prevents the sagging of the chain'.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially in the manner described, of a finger-beam with the main frame of a har-y vester, by means of three joints, z, L, and z', arranged in the same vertical plane, or nearly so, when two of said joints have a vertical and the third an axial movement on theirpivots, for the purpose of allowing the cutting apparatus both a vertical and an axial movement.

2. The combination, with a harvester, of an odometer, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The chain-carrier, arranged on the drag-bar as described.

In testimony whereof', we have hereunto subscribed our names.

ABRAHAM QUICK, WILLIAM S. OPIE, A. J. FARRAND.

Witnesses:

JOHN V. Davis, FRED. J. FRELINGHUYSEN. 

